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Riassunto: Negative theology or apophasis--the idea that God is best identified in terms of what we cannot know about him, in terms of "absence", "otherness", "difference"--has been influentiual in modern Christian thought, resonating as it does with secular notions of absence, otherness and difference developed in recent continental philosophy. Leading Christian thinkers now offer a range of important new perspectives on this tradition, both historical and contemporary, to show how a dimension of negativity has characterized not only traditional mysticism but most forms of Christian thought over the years.

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Oliver Davies is Reader in Philosophical Theology in the University of Wales and has written a number of studies of Christian mystical writers, including Meister Eckhart: Mystical Theologian (SPCK 1991). The first volume of his Systematic Theology in three parts appeared as A Theology of Compassion (SCM Press 2001), and the second volume, On the Creativity of God, is currently under preparation.

Denys Turner is the Norris-Hulse Professor of Philosophical Theology at the University of Cambridge and former H. G.Wood Professor at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of On the Philosophy of Karl Marx (Sceptre, 1969), Marxism and Christianity (Blackwell, 1983) and The Darkness of God (CUP, 1995). He is currently working on a book on Thomas Aquinas and the doctrine of God.

Descrizione libro Cambridge University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Condizione libro: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good DJ. First edition. Good hardcover woukld be near fine with some mild trace wear but for highlighting to 3 page bibilography, in near fien jacket showing a touch of shelf wear. 227 pages. Solid copy of this work that examines ".the idea that God is best identified in terms of 'absence', otherness,' difference.'". Codice libro della libreria 16987

Descrizione libro Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2002. Hardbound. Condizione libro: FINE. (1st edition). As new - Book and dust jacket are gift quality! " 10 essays. "The contributors represent(ed) different fields of interest in Christian theology, but a common theme in their work was an engagement with what is often termed 'spirituality', that is to say with Christianity as an existential and dialectical religion.". Codice libro della libreria 6-0H007

Descrizione libro Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002. Hardcover. Condizione libro: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in dust jacket, 6" x 9", 227 pages including index. First edition. Owner signature to front free endpaper, light wear along top edge of dust jacket. Pencil underlining on first 8 pages of text. Apparently the reader was quickly defeated by the density of this book. "Negative theology or apophasis - the idea that God is best identified in terms of 'absence', 'otherness', 'difference' - has been influential in modern Christian thought, resonating as it does with secular notions of negation developed in recent continental philosophy. Apophasis also has a strong intellectual history dating back to the early church fathers. Silence and the Word both studies the history of apophasis and examines its relationship with contemporary secular philosophy. Leading Christian thinkers explore in their own way the extent to which the concept of the apophatic illumines some of the deepest doctrinal structures of Christian faith and of Christian self-understanding, both in terms of its historical and contemporary situated myths, showing how a dimension of negativity has characterized not only traditional mysticism but most forms of Christian thought over the years." Contents: Denys Turner - Apophaticism, idolatry and the claims of reason Paul S. Fiddes - The quest for a place which is 'not-a-place': the hiddenness of God in the presence of God Janet Martin Soskice - The gift of the Name: Moses and the burning bush Herbert McCabe - Aquinas on the Trinity Bernard McGinn - Vere tu es Deus absconditus: the hidden God in Luther and some mystics Rowan Williams - The deflections of desire: negative theology in trinitarian disclosure Mark A. McIntosh - The formation of mind: Trinity and understanding in Newman Graham Ward - 'In the daylight forever?': language and silence David F. Ford - Apophasis and the Shoah: where was Jesus Christ at Auschwitz? Oliver Davies - Soundings: towards a theological poetics of silence. Codice libro della libreria 000037

Descrizione libro Cambridge University Press, 2002. HRD. Condizione libro: New. New Book. Delivered from our US warehouse in 10 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND.Established seller since 2000. Codice libro della libreria IP-9780521817189

Descrizione libro Cambridge University Press, 2002. HRD. Condizione libro: New. New Book.Shipped from US within 10 to 14 business days.THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Codice libro della libreria IP-9780521817189